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Collection Overview
Title: Urban Appalachian Council Records, 1930-2012
Predominant Dates:1967-1994
Primary Creator: Urban Appalachian Council of Greater Cincinnati.
Extent: 118.0 Boxes (General)
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged in series as follows:
Series 1: Early Urban Appalachian History
Series 2: Urban Appalachian Council (UAC)
Series 3: Board of Trustees Subseries
Series 4: Executive Directors
Series 5: Staff
Series 6: Committees
Series 7: Related Agencies Subseries
Series 8: Topic and Subject Files Subseries
Series 9: Newspaper Clippings, Articles, Journals, Photographs, and Notes
Series 10: Audio-Visual Materials
Date Acquired: 06/11/2010
Subjects: Appalachia -- Education., Appalachian Advocate., Appalachian Coalition of Ohio., Appalachian Committee of the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission., Appalachian Identity Center., Appalachian Region., Appalachians (People) -- Ethnic identity., Appalachians (People) -- Migrations., Appalachians (People) -- Ohio -- Cincinnati., Cincinnati Human Relations Commission., Fair housing, Frank Foster Library., Group identity -- Appalachian Region, Southern., Lower Price Hill (Cincinnati, Ohio)., Maloney, Michael E., Mynatt, Ernie, Obermiller, Phillip J., Over-the-Rhine (Cincinnati, Ohio), Rural-urban migration., South Fairmount (Cincinnati, Ohio)., Urban Appalachian Council -- Research Committee, Wagner, Thomas E., Women -- Appalachian Region.
Languages: English
Abstract
The Urban Appalachian Council (UAC) 1974-2014, was organized in Cincinnati, Ohio, to act as a regional resource and educational center for Appalachian affairs and to promote pride in cultural heritage among urban Appalachians. Working with and for Appalachian migrants, the UAC was organized to function as both an advocate and a catalyst with a fundamental commitment to the concept of cultural pluralism. Its commitment to cultural pluralism directed the UAC’s work in research, advocacy, community organization, cultural affirmation and program development.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
These are the organizational papers and records of the Urban Appalachian Council of Cincinnati, Ohio. The dates of the documents span from 1930-2012 but predominantly fall between 1967 and 1994. The papers are divided into nine series and include documents concerning Appalachian migration to urban areas and the formation of the UAC, programming and membership records, annual reports, publications and records of the Frank Foster Library and Heritage Room, UAC Board of Trustees board meeting minutes and agendas, materials of UAC directors, papers of UAC staff members, material of UAC committees, materials concerning UAC related agencies, articles, reports and news clippings, on subjects of interest to the UAC mission and programming and about the UAC as well as photographs and audio-visual materials.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Berea College Special Collections and Archives Catalog
Access Restrictions:
Records can be accessed in the Reading Room, Special Collections & Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.
Use Restrictions:
There are no restrictions on use by researchers other than federal copyright restrictions and on designated personnel files due to sensitive personal information held therein.
Acquisition Method:
The records of the Urban Appalachian Council, 1930-1994, were given to Berea College Special Collection & Archives by deed of gift and were received on June 11, 2010. Additional records were given to the Archives by deed of gift in January of 2013 and June of 2014.
Related Materials:
Special Collections & Archives, Berea College:
Council of the Southern Mountains Records, 1912-1970
The Council of the Southern Mountains, 1970‐1989
Council of the Southern Mountains Oral History Project Collection
Other Institutions:
Appalachian Regional Commission Collection, 1965-1988, 90M1, AV90M1, PA90M1,Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington
Appalachian Regional Commission Collection, 1989-1997, 90M1, AV90M1, PA90M1, Special Collections, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington
Urban Appalachian Council Collection, 1974-1978, 500/AppMs 11, Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City
Preferred Citation:
[Object identification/Folder/Box], Urban Appalachian Council Records, Berea College Special Collections & Archives, Berea, KY.
Processing Information:
The arrangement and description of these records was accomplished June—August 2012, by Lori Myers-Steele, Graduate Intern, East Tennessee State University, under the direction of Jaime M. Bradley, College Archivist. The collection opened for research in September 2012. Additional records were included in the collection in January 2013 and July 2015; the finding aid was updated at both these time to show the addition of records.
Other Note:
Materials in this Collection have been Digitized and can be located here:
https://berea.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb%3Acollection%7C3cd19d11-276f-4ebd-b9f0-8a39c004f21f/
Collection Number: BCA 0151 SAA 160
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Early Urban Appalachian History, 1936-1986, undated],
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Series 2: Urban Appalachian Council, 1970-1992, undated],
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Series 3: Board of Trustees, 1974-1993, undated],
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Series 4: Executive Directors, 1970-1994],
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Series 5: Staff, 1976-1991, undated],
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Series 6: Committees, 1974-1980],
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Series 7: Related Agencies, 1943-1986, undated],
[Series 8: Topic and Subject Files, 1963-1992, undated],
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Series 9: Newspaper Clippings, Articles, Journals, Photographs, and Notes, 1930-2012, undated],
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Series 10: Audio-Visual Materials, Early 1970s-2001, undated],
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- Series 8: Topic and Subject Files, 1963-1992, undated

- This series consists of six subseries each containing a variety of records (articles, reports, organization publications and other) on a topic or subject of interest to the UAC mission and programming.
- Sub-Series 1: Women, 1974-1988, undated

- This subseries consists of records on the subject of Appalachian women. Included in this subseries are records of the 1978 Rural American Women First Leadership Conference, the Woman’s City Club of Cincinnati, the Appalachian Women’s Organization of Cincinnati, and the Council of Appalachian Women.
- Box 77

- Folder 7: Rural American Women First Leadership Conference, Feb 1978

- Folder 8: Rural American Women, 1981

- Box 78

- Folder 1: Woman's City Club of Cincinnati

- Folder 2: Appalachian Women's Organization, History

- Folder 3: Appalachian Women's Organization of Cincinnati, 1974

- Folder 4: Appalachian Women's Organization, 1973-1975

- Folder 5: Appalachian Women's Organization, Minutes, 1973-1975

- Folder 6: Appalachian Women's Organization, Correspondence, 1973-1975

- Folder 7: Appalachian Women's Organization, Organization Development Questionnaire

- Folder 8: Appalachian Women's Organization, Miscellaneous, 1973-1975

- Folder 9: Council on Appalachian Women

- Folder 10: Women's Drop In Center

- Folder 11: Battle of Jericol

- Folder 12: "In Praise of Mountain Women," Spence, Beth, 1988

- Sub-Series 2: Culture, 1972-1992, undated

- This subseries consists of records on the general subject of Appalachian culture. In addition to notes, articles, and research on the topic of Appalachian culture, records in this subseries include information and brochures on Appalachian handcrafts, studies and seminars, festivals, projects, and storytelling. Records regarding UAC grants from the Ohio Arts Council are also included in this subseries.
- Box 78

- Folder 13: Appalachian Bicentennial Committee, 1973-1974

- Folder 14: Appalachian Community Video Service (ACVS), 1978

- Folder 15: Appalachian Handcrafts

- Folder 16: Appalachian Life Culture, 1977-1979

- Box 79

- Folder 1: Appalachian Migrant Religion, Bibliography, 1976

- Folder 2: Appalachian Mini-Festival, 3rd Annual, Lower Price Hill, 1980

- Folder 3: A Mini-Course in the History of Appalachian Mountaineers

- Folder 4: Appalachian Seminar, London, OH, Jun 1978

- Folder 5: Appalachian Studies

- Folder 6: Appalachian Studies/Down Home

- Folder 7: Appalachian Week, 1972

- Folder 8: Appalachian Week, 1979-1981

- Folder 9: Down Home Mountain Festival, 1979-1981

- Folder 10: Miscellaneous, 1973-1985

- Folder 11: Historic Preservation, 1978

- Folder 12: John Henry Memorial Festival, Nov 1980

- Folder 13: Mountain Activities Brochures

- Folder 14: Mountaineers in Metropolis, Presentation

- Folder 15: Multicultural Multimedia Services Division, 1978

- Folder 16: Northside Story Gathering Project

- Folder 17: The Obermiller Correspondence, 1975-1976

- Folder 18: Ohio Arts Council. Presentations, Norwood, 1982

- Folder 19: OAC/OHC, Appalachian Storytelling Grant, 1985-1986

- Folder 20: OAH/OPH Joint Program in Folk Arts Development, Project, 1980-1982

- Folder 21: Proposal for an Urban Appalachian Cultural Center, 1991-1992

- Box 80

- Folder 1: Storytelling, Publicity for Advertising

- Folder 2: Storytelling Project, 1980-1982

- Folder 3: Religion and Rural Life Festival, 1978

- Folder 4: Videotape Project, 1974, 1980

- Folder 5: WAIF Radio Station, 1975-1977

- Folder 6: WCET-TV, 1973-1978

- Folder 7: WUBE, 1978

- Folder 8: Culture and Folklore, Miscellaneous

- Folder 9: Cultural Affairs, Miscellaneous

- Folder 10: Appalachian Heritage, Basic Information

- Folder 11: Family and Religion, Articles

- Folder 12: Mountain Life and Work

- Sub-Series 3: Health, 1972-1988, undated

- This subseries consists of records on the general topic of health. In addition to notes, pamphlets, bulletins, articles, and research on the topic of health issues faced by Appalachians, the subseries includes records of the Alcoholic Drop In Center and the Cincinnati Free Clinic. This subseries also contains information obtained by the UAC on mine health and safety, Miners’ benefits, and the Ohio Coalworkers Respiratory Disease Program.
- Box 80

- Folder 13: Alcoholic Drop In Center

- Box 81

- Folder 1: Appalachian Alcoholics, Article, Dec 1978

- Folder 2: Women and Chemical Dependency, 1988

- Folder 3: Association of Home Care, S.B. No. 331, 1977-1978

- Folder 4: Central Community Health Board, Report, 1984

- Folder 5: Cincinnati Free Clinic

- Folder 6: The Crisis of Health Care Conference, Athens, OH, Feb 1978

- Folder 7: Drug Treatment Program, 1979

- Folder 8: East End Mental Health Committee

- Folder 9: "Health Care Services and the Appalachian Migrant," Friedl, John, 1978

- Folder 10: Health Maintenance Plan/Cincinnati

- Folder 11: Health Planning Pamphlet

- Folder 12: Industrial Health and Safety, Bulletins and Pamphlets

- Folder 13: Mental Health Services West, Inc

- Folder 14: Miners' Benefits Pension

- Box 82

- Folder 1: Miners' Benefits, Black Lung

- Folder 2: Mine Health and Safety

- Folder 3: Ohio Coal workers Respiratory Disease Program

- Folder 4: Ohio Coal workers Respiratory Disease Program, 1976

- Folder 5: Ohio Department of Mental Health, EEO Drug Program, 1981

- Folder 6: Ohio Department of Mental Health, Annual Report, 1985

- Folder 7: Pilot City Health Service, 1972-1975

- Folder 8: Pregnant Adolescent Program, 1976-1980

- Folder 9: Ruhmkoff Hospital Plan

- Sub-Series 4: Education and Schools, 1963-1991, undated

- This subseries consists of records on the general subject of education as well as the education of urban Appalachians. In addition to educational data, and articles and research on the topic of education, this subseries contains records on the numerous neighborhood schools and educational centers within the UAC service area.
- Box 83

- Folder 1: Urban Education, 1980

- Folder 2: Struggle for Desegregated Quality Education, Berlowitz, Marvin, 1978

- Folder 3: Teacher Education, Conant Report

- Folder 4: School Levy, 1977-1980

- Folder 5: "Strategies for Reading Instruction for Appalachian Children," Gillespie, Patricia, 1976

- Folder 6: Adult Board of Education, Cincinnati Public Schools, 1978

- Folder 7: Analysis of Cincinnati Public Schools, 1972

- Folder 8: Appalachian Elementary School Data and Maps, 1973-1974

- Folder 9: Appalachian Voter Education, 1978-1979

- Folder 10: Career Education, 1980

- Folder 11: Career Education, 1981

- Folder 12: Catholic Religious Education

- Folder 13: Catholic School, Group 1

- Box 84

- Folder 1: Military Academy Opposition, 1978-1979

- Folder 2: Cincinnati Public School, Military Academy, 1979

- Folder 3: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Cincinnati Public Schools, 1977

- Folder 4: "Developing Effective In-Service Training Programs," Smith, C.A., 1984

- Folder 5: Montessori, Over-The-Rhine

- Folder 6: Drop Out Statistics (1970's-1980's)

- Folder 7: Educational Opportunity Centers, 1977-1980

- Folder 8: "Job Development Skills Training Program," Albert, Leon H.

- Folder 9: Job Seeking Skills

- Box 85

- Folder 1: Adult Basic Education, Ohio Department of Education

- Folder 2: Ohio Public Schools Finance Manual, Jun 1976

- Folder 3: Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, 1963

- Folder 4: Play Room Proposal/Background Information

- Folder 5: Position Paper, Cincinnati School Board of Education, Feb 1979

- Folder 6: Proposal for Appalachian Studies Curriculum, Rhodes, Virginia, 1977

- Folder 7: Religious Education

- Folder 8: Resolution, School Desegregation, 1974

- Folder 9: School Desegregation, 1981

- Folder 10: St. Michaels Church, 1978

- Folder 11: School Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, 1976-1981

- Folder 12: Workshop on Minority Cultural Experiences, Justice Education Program

- Folder 13: Education, Miscellaneous

- Folder 14: Camp Washington Community School, Financial Statement, 1990-1991

- Folder 15: Cutter Junior High School, 1977-1978

- Folder 16: East End Community Learning Center, 1979-1987

- Folder 17: East End School

- Folder 18: East End Middle School, Education Committee, 1976

- Box 86

- Folder 1: Hughes High School

- Folder 2: Proposal, Lower Price Hill Community School, 1978

- Folder 3: Lower Price Hill Alternative School, 1978-1979

- Folder 4: Lower Price Hill Community School, 1981

- Folder 5: Lower Price Hill Community School, 1982-1984

- Folder 6: Mt. Adams Special School

- Folder 7: Mt. Healthy, 1976-1977

- Folder 8: Northside Community School Transition, 1986

- Folder 9: Northside Community School, Financial Statements, 1990-1991

- Folder 10: Oyler School, 1978-1979

- Box 87

- Folder 1: Schwab Junior High School, Community Council, 1972

- Folder 2: Seven Hills School

- Folder 3: Washington Park School

- Folder 4: Booklet on Adult Basic Education, by UAC Staff, 1978

- Sub-Series 5: Urban Affairs Housing and Community Relations, 1970-1984, undated

- This subseries consists of records on the subjects of urban affairs, housing, and community relations. In addition to notes, articles and reports on urban housing, the subseries contains records on neighborhoods within the UAC service area.
- Box 87

- Folder 5: "Abandoned House," Article by Miller, J., Sep 1973

- Folder 6: ACTION

- Folder 7: Appalachian Housing, 1977

- Folder 8: Appalachian Regional Commission Aid, 1971

- Folder 9: Avondale

- Folder 10: Better Housing League, 1974

- Folder 11: Better Housing League, 1970-1981

- Folder 12: "Citizen Participation in a Ghetto Day Care Program," Stahl and Anderson, 1979

- Folder 13: Covington Community Center, 1976-1979

- Folder 14: Dayton, OH, 1974-1978

- Box 88

- Folder 1: Dayton, OH, 1978

- Folder 2: Development Fund Project, 1978-1979

- Folder 3: Displacement, 1980

- Folder 4: "Don't Stand There and Kill Us" (A People's Report on the AFDC), Apr 1982

- Folder 5: East Price Hill

- Folder 6: Emery Auditorium, 1978-1979

- Folder 7: Fairview Clifton Heights

- Folder 8: Gentrification, Articles, 1978

- Folder 9: "Getting Organized," Obermiller, P.J., 1984

- Folder 10: Human Rights Ordinance, 1978

- Folder 11: H.O.M.E., Housing Issues

- Folder 12: Cincinnati Housing Strategy and Goals

- Folder 13: Inner City Housing Coalition, 1978-1979

- Folder 14: Lower Price Hill Neighborhood Alliance/David Vaughn, 1982-1983

- Folder 15: Madonna Community House, 1972-1973

- Folder 16: Maps

- Folder 17: Model Cities, 1972-1974

- Folder 18: Model Cities, Contract and Correspondence, 1973-1975

- Box 89

- Folder 1: Model Neighborhood Report

- Folder 2: Neighborhood Housing Service

- Folder 3: Neighborhood Preservation and Revitalization Report, 1976

- Folder 4: Neighborhood Reports

- Folder 5: Neighborhood Resource Center/Grantsmanship Center

- Folder 6: Northside Community Council

- Folder 7: Over-The-Rhine Agencies

- Folder 8: Over-The-Rhine Citizen Groups

- Folder 9: Over-The-Rhine Community Council, 1979

- Box 90

- Folder 1: Over-The-Rhine Community Council Meetings

- Folder 2: Over-The-Rhine Housing, 1976

- Folder 3: Over-The-Rhine Plans

- Folder 4: Over-The-Rhine Youth

- Folder 5: Peaslee Report, 1984

- Folder 6: Planning Division Board, 1972-1980

- Folder 7: Peck's Addition, Hamilton, OH, 1979

- Folder 8: Police Training

- Folder 9: Policy on Displacement, 1979

- Folder 10: Policy on Police-Community Relations

- Folder 11: Position Paper on Displacement, Correspondence with City of Cincinnati, 1992

- Folder 12: Position Paper on Neighborhood-Government Relations, 1976-1977

- Folder 13: Position Paper on Police Complaint Process, Oct 1976

- Folder 14: Proportion of Appalachians in Cities

- Folder 15: Queen City Housing Corporation, Displacement, 1979

- Folder 16: Queensgate II, 1973-1974

- Folder 17: Red Lining, 1975

- Folder 18: Riverfront Advisory Council

- Box 91

- Folder 1: Sedamsville, 1978

- Folder 2: Settlement Patterns: Maps II, 1977

- Folder 3: Statement on Racism

- Folder 4: Washington Park

- Sub-Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1969-1988, undated

- This subseries consists of records on a variety of subjects relevant to urban Appalachians in the Cincinnati area. The subseries includes newspaper and magazine articles on advocacy issues, annual reports of other service agencies, and miscellaneous notes and correspondence of UAC staff.
- Box 91

- Folder 5: Advocacy Issues, Clippings and Articles

- Folder 6: Agency Brochures

- Folder 7: Annual Reports, Other Agencies, 1977

- Folder 8: Appalachian Community Service Resource Program, Grant Writing

- Folder 9: Appalachian Land Study, 1981

- Folder 10: Attorney General Brown, 1980

- Folder 11: Basic Lectures, Modules

- Folder 12: Black Population, Cincinnati, 1970

- Folder 13: City Services Questions, 1978

- Folder 14: Catholic Publications

- Folder 15: Center for Economic Education

- Folder 16: Certificates of Appreciation

- Folder 17: Cincinnati Bell, 1978

- Folder 18: County Charter, 1980-1981

- Box 92

- Folder 1: Cut Cane Associates, Consultants in Community Development

- Folder 2: Division of Employment and Social Services, 1979

- Folder 3: DUALabs

- Folder 4: Emergency Assistance

- Folder 5: Energy, 1978

- Folder 6: Ethnic Studies Proposal Information

- Folder 7: Evaluation of Presentation, 1986

- Folder 8: Faber Award, 1979

- Folder 9: Fayette Haywood Workcamps, 1976

- Folder 10: Forum Ideas, Speakers

- Folder 11: Free Store

- Folder 12: Numerous Readings and Papers on Appalachia and Migration

- Folder 13: Graduate Intern Program

- Folder 14: The Greater Cincinnati Bicentennial Commission, 1974

- Folder 15: Hamilton County Welfare Department, Pre/Post Test

- Folder 16: Holiday Schedule (Schools), 1981

- Folder 17: Human Resource Initiatives, 1982

- Folder 18: Human Rights Interest Group Directory, 1981

- Folder 19: Human Services/Advocacy, 1986

- Folder 20: In-Kind Contributions, 1979

- Folder 21: In-Service Training Proposal, 1980

- Folder 22: Industrial Relations Research Association, 1973

- Folder 23: Notes on Interviewing

- Folder 24: Ira Zimmerman File

- Folder 25: Justice Research

- Folder 26: Ku Klux Klan

- Folder 27: Leadership Development

- Box 93

- Folder 1: Lectures and Modules

- Folder 2: Letters of Endorsement, 1976-1981

- Folder 3: Metropolitan Area of Religious Coalition of Cincinnati (MARCC), 1980

- Folder 4: Marydale, 1978

- Folder 5: Metropolitan Printing Company, 1974

- Folder 6: Miami Valley Population Study: Migrants-Attitudes, Fantasies and Violence, 1969

- Folder 7: Mining

- Folder 8: Minority Business, 1978

- Folder 9: Miscellaneous, Notes, 1979

- Folder 10: Miscellaneous, Notes, Correspondence, 1974-1981

- Folder 11: Miscellaneous, Notes, Correspondence, 1982-1988

- Folder 12: Miscellaneous, Correspondence, Notes and Brochures

- Folder 13: Mount Notre Dame

- Folder 14: National Black Agenda for the 1980's

- Folder 15: Non-Appalachian Region Contracts

- Folder 16: Notepad with Notes

- Folder 17: Organizations Served, 1978-1981

- Folder 18: Orientation to Professional Resources, Annotated Bibliography, 1976

- Folder 19: Pikeville, Kentucky, Hospital Strike, 1974

- Folder 20: Police-Community Relations

- Box 94

- Folder 1: A Practical Guide to Coalition Building

- Folder 2: Preservation Documents and Records of the UAC, 1977

- Folder 3: Program Planning

- Folder 4: UAC Regional Linkages

- Folder 5: Services Provided By Organizations

- Folder 6: Social Security Administration, 1982

- Folder 7: Stearns, Kentucky, Strike, Aug 1978

- Folder 8: Stenographic Notebook, 1976

- Folder 9: Strip Mining

- Folder 10: "31 Common Supervising Mistakes," El Paso Natural Gas Company, 1978

- Folder 11: Title XX of the Social Security Act, 1975-1978

- Folder 12: Training Content, Cultural Values

- Folder 13: Training Content, Migration-Mobility

- Folder 14: Training Content, Outlines and Designs

- Folder 15: United Mine Workers of America

- Box 95

- Folder 1: United Appeal, Fair Share Potential, 1981

- Folder 2: United States Post Office

- Folder 3: Videotape Services, Proposal, Budget and Other, 1973-1975

- Folder 4: Visitor's Register

- Folder 5: Volunteer Expense Form

- Folder 6: Voter Education, 1979

- Folder 7: Welfare Reform, 1976-1978

- Folder 8: Youth Service Workers Training

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Series 1: Early Urban Appalachian History, 1936-1986, undated],
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Series 2: Urban Appalachian Council, 1970-1992, undated],
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Series 3: Board of Trustees, 1974-1993, undated],
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Series 4: Executive Directors, 1970-1994],
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Series 5: Staff, 1976-1991, undated],
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Series 6: Committees, 1974-1980],
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Series 7: Related Agencies, 1943-1986, undated],
[Series 8: Topic and Subject Files, 1963-1992, undated],
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Series 9: Newspaper Clippings, Articles, Journals, Photographs, and Notes, 1930-2012, undated],
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Series 10: Audio-Visual Materials, Early 1970s-2001, undated],
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